89 CONTRIBUTORS’ NOTES J.B. ADAMS is an undergrad at Indiana University, South Bend, majoring in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. His first book Bump was published in 2014, with a revised edition coming fall 2015. He lives in Mishawaka with his wife Jenn, and their three cats, Mumu, Charlie, and Boi. AMANDA BARNETT is soon to graduate. She likes long adventures in the woods and backyard reading on luscious blades of grass. She is a staff writer for The Preface. Her poetry may ruin your life. JEFFREY BARRICK is a BFA student who enjoys a cross-disciplinary approach working in painting, drawing, and printmaking. Barrick’s work runs the gamut from representational to abstract. Additionally, he also currently works as the Master Sce- nic Artist of The Raclin School of the Arts Theatre. KRISTA COX is a senior English major who lives in Granger with two precious patience-testers (children) and works in South Bend with three of them (lawyers). Her poetry has appeared in Words Dance, scissors & spackle, and Melancholy Hyperbole. Her OkCupid profile is a work of creative literary genius. CHAD R. FORBREGD uses all ten fingers when praying. NIALL GARVIN is a senior at IU South Bend where he studies English and French. He wrote his first poem at age eight. Thankfully, it is lost to the ages. This is his third appearance in Analecta. CRYSTAL GEE is a senior from Michigan. She adores landscape photography, modern British literature, and star fruit. ASHLEY HOCHSTETLER is a sculptural artist driven by the untamed wilds and unending possibilities of existence. After the rejection from Hogwarts the Indiana native enrolled in IUSB to refine her artistic ability and broaden her perceptions of the world. Outside of her studies she enjoys jumping off goombas and impromptu dance with her toddler. SAVANNAH HOPE still as eight baby teeth, beside the fact that she can’t lose her teeth, she can’t lose her unfledged disposition, which has caused the freshman to jump from major to major. Apart from her studies she finds peace in photographing the outdoors and hiking the Michiana area with her chocolate lab named Sully. 90 JENNIFER JONES is a writer, a student, a mother, a daughter, a feminist, and a book hoarder who loves old dictionaries, weird reference books, cozy sweaters, laughing until her stomach hurts, teacups, and the occasional good long rant. TRACY KORN is a MA graduate who has excavated buffalo bones in tornado alley (during a tornado), barfed behind Madrid’s Royal Palace, and been envious of her best friend’s blue toilet water. When she is inevitably Shanghaied onto TLC’s What Not to Wear, she hopes to remember “Everything is writable about…” CASSIE LAFOREST is an average twenty two year old with not so average daydreams. In her academic endeavors, she has recently student taught and will graduate in May. In her rare spare time endeavors, she likes reading, writing, listening to alternative music, hanging with Aaron Quist, and going to Chicago. SAMANTHA LEWIS is a twenty-seven year native of the dirt roads and cornrows of Northern Indiana. She spends most of her days catching snapping turtles and small mouth bass amidst the cattails of Chapman Lake. She has two dogs, a small collection of vinyl records and an unhealthy hatred for semicolons. ANN MARIE LINDGREN is a prodigy bookseller for Barnes and Noble. She can find almost any book without the title or author’s last name. She studies English literature and creative writing at Indiana University South Bend. She will go on to graduate this spring where she will proceed to file bankruptcy, go on welfare, and have lots of children. She did not choose the American Dream, for indeed, the American Dream chose her. NICHOLE M.K. LINDHORN is a Midwestern twenty-something who is probably somewhere drawing or eating pickles. ELIZABETH MILEY is studying Secondary Education with a concentration in English. David Dodd Lee inspired her to write poetry after taking a few of his courses at IU South Bend. Other than writing poetry she likes to thrift shop, create DIY projects, and walk man-made nature parks. CHAD MORGAN is a student, writer, and blogger in South Bend. His work has appeared in Hair Trigger and Big Ugly Review. He still adores Mariah Carey. DIANE PASSERO is climbing closer to a bachelor’s degree in English and a certificate in writing. Her favorite genres are flash fiction and poetry with a pull toward prose poetry. In addition to being a student, she has a husband, several children, cats, Moluccan Cockatoo, tarantula and various fish, which often inspire her writing. 91 AARON QUIST’S – aka Sir Mr. Sweet John Mary de la Beatlemania (the 1965th) – passion for The Beatles and women by the name of Cassandra LaForest keeps his writing dreams alive. In his academic endeavors, he has just finished “learnin’ the students sum English” during his student teaching at Discovery Middle School, and will graduate in May. Aaron aspires to be a writer in the future. DYLAN RICHARDSON is probably writing right now as you read this. Or wishing he was. CECELIA ROEDER is a senior majoring in mass communications, with a concentration in journalism, and minoring in graphic design. She enjoys Piña Coladas and getting caught in the rain. CHARIS SCHEPERS is a sophomore majoring in social work with a minor in creative writing. When not studying, she spends her time with her dog, husband, and two kids. She enjoys reading, writing, and binge-watching The Walking Dead and The Office. JOSH SILVEUS is an asshole. COURTNEY SNIADECKI is nineteen and a junior at Indiana University - South Bend. In her spare time, you’ll find her shopping for hard-to-find vinyl records or writing in her blog. She attributes all that she is and everything she has to her faith and her family. MAKAYLA STUTZMAN is an upcoming senior at IUSB pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in both English and Secondary English Education. At only twenty years of age this may seem like an unattainable goal; however, she punishes herself each semester with an enormous class load and two jobs in order to prove to the world that she is indeed the shit. SETH UMBAUGH is a student, writer, and musician living in Michiana. He has haunted local libraries for years. He has never met a dog he didn’t like. AUSTIN M. VELDMAN is a fiction writer, poet, and singer/songwriter from South Bend, IN. He has recently rediscovered poetry. “Driftwood” and “Derelict” are his first published poems. He enjoys reading epic fantasy, playing soccer, and hiking through woods when he is not writing. KRISTIANE WEEKS is a Hoosier with a passion for arts. She’s dabbled in all writing styles, but poetry and creative non-fiction are her niches. Kristiane is a Creative Writing MA student with her BA in English from Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, where much of her inspiration stems from. 92 CHRIS WILLIAMS is an English Nerd. With a memory reminiscent of a goldfish, he has somehow made it through this college thing. He’s had a life-long love affair with writing, don’t tell his wife. He is also pretty sure that his beard has taken on a mind of its own, but he is not positive. NICK WORT is the most important person in any given room at any given time. He likes to pet cats and other small mammals. He cannot swim and eats nothing but vegetation. On the day of Nick’s birth, a chorus of angels descended from heaven to greet him. 123190 IUSB ANALECTA 2014-15 Body v3 proof %281%29.pdf